[Ipg-smz] Need a term for future commonplace tech for a short story

Sally Wiener Grotta sally at sallywienergrotta.com
Mon Nov 12 00:13:33 UTC 2018


Very interesting. Thanks, Tom.

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On 2018/11/11 17:44, Tom Henderson wrote:

> Neural Chooser
> 
> On 11/11/18 4:17 PM, Sally Wiener Grotta wrote: 
> 
>> Please put your creativity caps on, and help me come up with the name of a device. It's for a short story set in 2101 that I'm writing.
>> 
>> What would be the word people will commonly use in the future (as they do "touchscreen" today) to describe an interactive desktop 3D projection?  I don't want to waste words describing it, because it would be as common as our laptops, and simply the device that would replace our keyboard, mouse, wacom and monitor. 
>> 
>> The word (or perhaps as many as two or three words) needs to be self-explanatory to the reader, but not have enough weight to distract from the narrative.
>> 
>> Any ideas? Thanks, Sally
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>> Sally Wiener Grotta 
>> Sally at SallyWienerGrotta.com 
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>> www.SallyWienerGrotta.com [1]
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>> * Author of numerous books, including "The Winter Boy" (nominated for the prestigious Locus Award) and "Jo Joe" (a Jewish Book Council Network book)
>> * Recognized by X-Rite as one of "The World's Top Professional Photographers"
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